Polarimetric emission model of the sea at microwave frequencies and comparison with measurements

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-30

  St Germain, K ^a   Poe, G A ^a   Gaiser, P W ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MEASUREMENT; COMPARISON WITH MEASUREMENTS; FOUR STOKES PARAMETERS; JET PROPULSION LABORATORY; NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES;

POLARIMETERS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 9944260636     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER01100800     Document Type: Article

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